supplying the members thereof with sulphur water and rendering such other services as he was called upon to do by the members and employes of the General Assembly, therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

That there is hereby appropriated to the said Porter Washington, the sum of $1.00 for each day such service was rendered, payable out of the treasury from moneys not otherwise expended, upon the order of the chief clerks of the two Houses of the General Assembly.

WHEREAS, The services described in this resolution having been performed an emergency exists and is hereby declared, and this resolution shall take effect upon its passage and approval.

Became a law March 26, 1904, without the Governor's signature.

No. 11.

RESOLUTION for the benefit of Moses Butcher.

WHEREAS, Moses Butcher has, during the present session, faithfully and acceptably served the General Assembly of Kentucky, in keeping clean and comfortable, by daily fires, the rotunda of the Capitol building, and promptly and efficiently performed necessary services in cleaning and taking care of the closets therein, and in waiting on committees.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That he be, and is, allowed for said service the sum of $1.00 per day, during said session, and the auditor will draw his warrant on the treasurer therefor.

2. There being no provision for paying for said needed services, an emergency is hereby declared, and this resolution shall take effect upon its passage.

Became a law March 26, 1904, without the Governor's signature.

No. 12.

RESOLUTION inviting M. A. Hanna to visit and address the General Assembly during present session.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

That, United States Senator Marcus A. Hanna, be, and he is hereby requested, and invited to visit the Legislature, and address said body during its present session. Not signed by Governor-law not requiring same.

No. 13.

RESOLUTION relative to the improvement of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States, appreciating the vast importance of our internal water ways, as a necessary factor in the achievement of our manifest; destiny the industrial empire of the world, have already taken the preliminary steps to wonderfully improve the Ohio and Mississippi rivers as commercial channels of the United States, and to construct isthmian canal; and,

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WHEREAS, Such legislation on the part of Congress has met with the unqualified approval of the citizens of the United States generally; and

WHEREAS, The inevitable result of such improvement of our internal water ways must be of the greatest importance and benefit to the State of Kentucky, in connection with the United States at large; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

That we most sincerely commend the wisdom of the said legislation by the Congress of the United States and urge upon Congress the imperative necessity for the completion of the improvements contemplated as soon as compatible with their nature and importance; and be it further resolved that copies of these resolutions shall be sent to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.

No. 14.

RESOLUTION of respect to the memory of Hon. H. P. McDonald, deceased, late a member of the House of Representatives, in this General Assembly.

WHEREAS, The Divine Architect in His wisdom, has removed from our midst to "That bourne from which no traveler returns," our friend and colleague, the Hon. Harry P. McDonald; therefore,

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Com monwealth of Kentucky:

That in the death of our lamented co-laborer, the General Assembly has lost one of its most noble, useful and patriotic members. The community at large a valuable, liberal minded, honest and worthy citizen. His neighbors a generous, true, affectionate and trusted friend. His old comrades in arms have lost him beneath

whose strong arm and courageous heart they sought refuge amidst the horrors of battle; they have lost him whose loving heart and indomitable energy procured for them as the last of his many noble deeds, a home to shelter them from the chilling blasts of winter and the pinching hand of want; his aged mother a dutiful, affectionate and noble son; his wife a noble, loving and devoted husband; his daughter, the idol of his heart, has lost a kind, indulgent and honored parent, leaving a wounded heart that time can not heal.

Resolved, That the heartfelt sympathy of the General Assembly is hereby tendered to his bereaved and sorrowing family:

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread at large upon the Journal of the Senate and House of Representatives, and that an engrossed copy of the same, with the great seal of the Commonwealth appended thereto, be presented to his family as an evidence of the high regard an esteem in which he was held by his colleagues in the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Not signed by Governor-law not requiring same.

No. 15.

A RESOLUTION requesting Kentucky's Representatives in Congress to secure adequate compensation for rural free delivery carriers.

WHEREAS, The R. F. D. mail service in the United States is growing in popularity from day to day, so much so that it has become a public necessity; and,

WHEREAS, The present salary is inadequate to main. tain suitable outfits and support the mail carriers, and WHEREAS, The commissioners on postoffices and post

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roads have recommended to fix the minimum salary of $720 with the repeal of the law allowing carriers to handle express packages; therefore be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Legislature of Kentucky, that the salary of the R. F. D. carriers should be not less than $850, with the privilege of handling express packages as provided by the existing law.

And that our Senators be instructed, and our Representatives he requested to take the necessary steps to have said relief granted by the post office department, at Washington.

Not signed by Governor-law not requiring same.

No. 16.

A RESOLUTION requesting Congress to enact into law a bill introduced by Representative Frank A. Hopkins, extending the provisions of the pension laws to certain soldiers who served in the Union in Kentucky.

WHEREAS, A large number of the citizens of this State were organized as State Militia, for the defense of the Union in Kentucky, during the war of the Rebellion; and,

WHEREAS, The provisions of the existing pension laws do not extend to the members of the said militia; and,

WHEREAS, The Honorable Frank A. Hopkins, of the` Tenth Congressional District, of Kentucky, has introduced a bill in the present Congress, extending the provisions of the Pension Act of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to the said militia of Kentucky,